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Backstrap loom with belt in the process of being woven. Consists of plant fibre rope wrapped with plastic at warp end, multi-coloured over-twisted synthetic and cotton thread warp, blue and yellow thread heddles; partially woven belt and a multi-strand rope for a waist tie. The belt has a repeated triangular design.
Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (Sanni or disease demon dancer character): head with long fibrous hair, moustache and beard (part b) fits into body clothed in a mottled blue and grey shirt and a red and pink knee-length skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Figure has a blue-purple face with black painted eyebrows, a red mouth, and bulging, bulbous eyes. Figure has bare blue-purple feet and two blue-purple hands with curled fingers. Puppet is attached to several thin black cords tied to a plain wooden stick.
Pliable fibre sling lashed on two ends to a length of twine. On one side the twine is woven tightly and ends in a round tortoise shell disc. The other length of twine is more coarse and gets thicker toward the knotted end.
Three-dimensional female puppet representing the mother of a farmer family. Head with fibrous blue dyed hair pulled into a bun (part b) fits into body clothed in a patterned green and white shirt and a floral, blue, full-length skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Figure has a light orange-brown face with black painted eyebrows, eyes, protruding ears, and a smiling red mouth with teeth. Figure has bare feet and pink hands; one open, one closed. Puppet is attached to several thin black cords tied to a plain wooden stick.
Ornament formed from braided strands of grass, each with several blue and green iridescent feathers bound to it at intervals with multicoloured threads. The base is bound with green cloth as well as off-white thread and string, and has a beaded floral design in brown, blue-grey, green and gold plastic and glass beads.
Hat composed of a circular straw frame covered with hand woven black cotton lined with yellow wool with an outer fringe that extends beyond the edge of the black cotton. The underside is covered in red wool with black and light brown cloth at the centre.
Tall basket with 3 bands of designs; top and bottom designs are similar and consist of a green, purple and pink geometric design enclosed by two thin red bands; middle band consists of purple and pink step designs enclosed by two thin green bands. Rim has light band with diagonal stripes of brown.
Bowl-shaped woven basket with geometric pattern on side. Pattern consists of a band of green diamond shapes alternating with yellow-white shapes, and smaller dark brown diamond shapes in rows above and below the green and white band of design.
Circular woven basket with band of geometric design on side featuring alternating rectangular and triangular shapes with purple-brown, orange and yellow. Lid has raised centre that rattles and has geometric pattern in purple-brown on raised area and in alternating purple-brown and orange on the outside edge of the lid.
Tiny acorn-shaped light yellow-brown basketry sample basket. Main design consists of four equally spaced sets of three diagonal red-brown lines that have vertical dark brown ends. Above, there is a horizontal dark brown and red-brown band.